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Märta Måås-Fjetterström
(Sweden, 1873-1941)
Märta Måås-Fjetterström
(Sweden, 1873-1941)
A carpet, "Röda trädgårdsmattan", knotted pile, ca 335,5-337,5 x 224,5-230,5 cm, signed AB MMF.
Designed in 1923 for the jubilee exhibition in Gothenburg. Woven after 1941.
Partly worn, insignificantly dirty, minor stains, repairs. The sides have fold wear, all fringes are missing, one end has also the edge in flax missing.
Literature
Compare with Lundgren, Tyra: Märta Måås-Fjetterström och väv-verkstaden i Båstad, Stockholm 1968, colour plate opposite page 32; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plates pages 79, 104-105.
More information
"Svarta trädgårdsmattan" has also been woven in a large size for a conference room at Svenska Handelsbanken, Stockholm.